According to the Wall Street Journal, one retired Venezuelan generalsaid the protests against socialist Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduroand his government are growing so large that Venezuelan authorities areunable to keep them under control.

Retired Gen. Miguel Rodríguez Torres, 53, who served as Maduro’sinterior minister in 2013 and 2014, said that large riots and protestshave cropped up in every major city, including the working classneighborhoods that once firmly supported Maduro’s government.

The protests began after judges allied with Maduro attempted to dissolvethe opposition-controlled Congress in late March. This move, combinedwith starvation because of shortages of everything from food to basicnecessities such as toilet paper, the country of Venezuela has become apowder keg. Almost 75 percent of Venezuelans are losing dangerousamounts of weight due to starvation, and women have been sterilizingthemselves in order to avoid having another mouth to feed.

Torres said that President Maduro needs to begin negotiating electiondates in order to avoid plunging the country into anarchy. Maduropostponed all Venezuelan elections — originally to be held in December —to mid-2017.

One can but hope that Venezuelan soldiers don't shoot on their ownpeople and refuse the orders of the Castro-Chavist "putchist" elite.The people and the soldiers united against the corrupt military-Chavistaelite.That is the way ahead for Venezuela.

Post by jatAccording to the Wall Street Journal, one retired Venezuelan generalsaid the protests against socialist Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduroand his government are growing so large that Venezuelan authorities areunable to keep them under control.Retired Gen. Miguel Rodríguez Torres, 53, who served as Maduro’sinterior minister in 2013 and 2014, said that large riots and protestshave cropped up in every major city, including the working classneighborhoods that once firmly supported Maduro’s government.The protests began after judges allied with Maduro attempted to dissolvethe opposition-controlled Congress in late March. This move, combinedwith starvation because of shortages of everything from food to basicnecessities such as toilet paper, the country of Venezuela has become apowder keg. Almost 75 percent of Venezuelans are losing dangerousamounts of weight due to starvation, and women have been sterilizingthemselves in order to avoid having another mouth to feed.Torres said that President Maduro needs to begin negotiating electiondates in order to avoid plunging the country into anarchy. Maduropostponed all Venezuelan elections — originally to be held in December —to mid-2017.https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/10/former-venezuelan-general-venezuela-is-on-the-verge-of-civil-war/